Nathan's Blog: Holy shit! My BookCrossing blog post made it onto BuzzFeed.com!

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Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2007

Holy shit! My BookCrossing blog post made it onto BuzzFeed.com!

OMG!: http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/BookCrossing

I was just checking my feeds in Bloglines then when I noticed the topic of BookCrossing in BuzzFeeds latest buzz topics. Cool, lets see what people are saying about BookCrossing (I got into it a few months ago). I opened the top two highest buzz links in new tabs. As I was scrolling on through the other BuzzFeed posts I noticed that my website was opened in one of the tabs, I could tell by my little nipple favicon. Hang on a second, I didn't open my site I thought so I went to check the sites that BuzzFeed was linking to and I'll be fucked if my BookCrossing blog post was not the number 1 in the best 7 links!

Discovering my blog post featured in BuzzFeed

This is a screenshot of me discovering my blog post in Bloglines > BuzzFeed
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This is great, great, great :) To come across it like this too, seeing it featured on one of my favourite feeds out of the blue, this has made my day.

This is a screenshot of the BuzzFeed BookCrossing page.
At the time of taking it my post was #2 but it is now #1 :)
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It was my "most commented" blog post. People, mainly BookCrossers were getting to it from a Dutch BookCrossing forum I found out a bit later. Everyone that commented on it was really nice and cool, they pointed me in the direction of good BookCrossing resources for things like good labels to use and gave their own experiences with BookCrossing (see the comments).

Read my full BookCrossing blog post here: http://www.nathankowald.com/2007/10/bookcrossing.html

I love BuzzFeed. I read it regularly, it is always really informative and entertaining.

Here is a description of the BuzzFeed site from their "About" page.

Our Mission

1. Find Good Things

We use technology and human editors to find the hottest buzz on the web. Each weekday, we publish ten stories that highlight the best stuff emerging from the Internet popularity contest. Find your new favorite thing on BuzzFeed.com, via RSS, and from our extended network.

2. Promote Great Sites

We strive to send as many clicks as possible to the bloggers, journalists, and fans who are creating buzz, driving the conversation, and making the web exciting. And we pay special attention to the quality sites who join our network by displaying the BuzzFeed widget. Are you a blogger or publisher? Join our network now!

3. Web-ify Advertising and PR

We developed a new form of PR and Advertising designed for the new networked world where consumers have the power. Instead of press releases and canned ad copy, we work with partners to amplify the voice of the most interesting bloggers, fans, journalists, and buzz makers. Inquire about BuzzFeed PR and Advertising Services.

YAY! Thank you BuzzFeed! :) So happy right now.

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